Happy dog with carrots!

[RoadRaven]

Oh... this thread took me straight back to high school

My teacher had a black mogrel dog called Pokey, who used to dig up the organic carrots from his garden and chow down!!!

[cherinyc]

I haven't really tried carrots with Biggie, unless a piece fell on the floor while cutting one up. He loves the grape tomatoes - but he has to chase them around for a few minutes first. I used to give him grapes, but I was told that they cause kidney problems in dogs. Every once in a while I will give him one though.
My ex gave Biggie some Prime Rib grissle (the fatty stuff) once, which he loved, but Biggie ended up with bloody stool afterwards. We took him to the vet and it turned out he had Ulcerative Colitis which was aggravated by fatty foods. The funny part about this was that my ex had colitis too, so dog and ex were on the same medication.
Now that he's my "ex" I think maybe I should've seen that as a sign. Though I like my dog a WHOLE lot more, so I'd hate to knock Biggie down to ex's level.

[newfsmith]

This is a relatively newly discovered toxicosis of dogs. So far, it does not appear to be related to pesticide use as cases have occurred in dogs that had eaten organic grapes. The agent is still unknown, so "safe" levels can not be determined. There have been cases reported of dogs that have habitually "harvested" grapes from home vines for years that suddenly developed toxicity. The safest thing to do is to avoid them altogether as treats for your pets, certainly no more than 1 or 2 should be given in a week, but even that amount has caused problems. http://www.aspca.org/site/News2?page...ticle&id=16645 If the poison control link sparks your interest, google on "dogs + grapes +toxicity" to get lots of other leads.

I know how much we all love our dogs, but this is something lots of people, including vets, aren't aware of.

[cherinyc]

Re: grape and raisin toxicity
that's crazy. it's like the same effect that anti-freeze has on an animal. I lost a cat that way once, when he must've licked at a puddle of anti-freeze off a neighbor's driveway. Apparently it tastes like sugar water to animals.

[eclectic]

Last night our dog "Tank" Breed: over the fence, was doing her usual laying around the kitchen looking forlorn act (she knows I never feed her anything while we are cooking or eating) when I dropped a piece of celery, of course she had to jump up run over sniff it, then go back and dejectedly lay down - celery - not on list of favorite foods.
I then dropped a mushroom and whoosh it was gone - mushrooms - many points, but if they are in leftover spaghetti sauce she will eat around them just like a kid - go figure

[KnottedYet]

CherinyC - "ex"? Did I miss something?

[crazybikinchic]

I never knew that so many dogs like ice. Taquana will run to the refridgerator when we are getting into the ice (he like's it after our morning run). He also likes popcorn. All I have to do is rattle the package to open it and he goes crazy. He is so impatient, he sits and stares at the microwave.

[cherinyc]

CherinyC - "ex"? Did I miss something?

By "ex" I am referring to my ex-husband, who I left a year ago (and should've left much much sooner). Me and current BF (the one who lead me to cycling) are still going strong!!

Thanks for caring though.